Forget SAP, Run Down to Staples
21 June 2006
To quote the favorite phrase of a friend of mine, it's like jabbing a pointed stick in my eye. Yesterday I got a call from the owner of a local m…
Outsourcing Goes Infomercial
21 June 2006
The June 26th issue of BusinessWeek has a "special advertising section" entitled "Outsourcing Round Table". Perhaps Bill's re…
Lego's One Trick Pony
21 June 2006
Hes a one trick pony One trick is all that horse can do He does one trick only Its the principal source of his revenue I believe Paul Simon was reall…
There Is No Lean Niche
20 June 2006
According to the Swindon Business News, "Manufacturers of items such as luxury jams, hand-built furniture and studio-quality home audio equipment…
IPod Sweatshop Update
19 June 2006
In the latest twist on the London Mail On Sunday article accusing Apple of making IPods in sweatshops in China, Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that ow…
As If This Weren't Bad Enough
19 June 2006
Just a couple of brief announcements ... As if my daily rantings and ramblings in Evolving Excellence weren't enough, the Lean Executive blog is…
Strategy Is For Amateurs
19 June 2006
American manufacturing has thrived for a mighty long time by standing on the shoulders of some incredible civil engineering. Not a whole lot of people…
The Innovator's Folly 5 - The Bottom Line
19 June 2006
While the mass producers who are agog about innovation are right in line with the hare in the old 'Tortoise and the Hare' parable, lean manufa…